"Heralded by Publisher's Weekly as ""a writer to watch"" with a ""magnificent sense of character and ear for dialogue"", Todd London returns with If You See Him, Let Me Know, a stunning novel set at the crossroads of two generations--one marked by what it witnessed, the other by what it missed.It's August 1974, the eve of Nixon's resignation. Jerry Rosen is facing prison for a messy, white-collar crime. Before sentencing, he has to tell ..."
"A Ford Mustang. I kept that baby ... I wasn't gonna let nobody hurt Danisha like
that. Nobody's gonna ... Danisha. Little Danny. Climbing trees. Playing ball.
Jumping fences. But she'll grow out of all that. Be a lady. I'll see to it. SWIMMING
TO ..."
This Is Not My Memoir(First Edition) by André Gregory, ToddLondon Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 2020 by Farrar, Straus And Giroux ISBN-13: 978-0-374-29854-8, ISBN: 0-374-29854-8
"The autobiography-of-sorts of André Gregory, an iconic figure in American theater and the star of My Dinner with AndréThis is Not My Memoir tells the life story of André Gregory, iconic theatre director, writer, and actor. For the first time, Gregory shares memories from a life lived for art, including stories from the making of My Dinner with André. Taking on the dizzying, wondrous nature of a fever dream, This is Not My Memoir include ..."
"This collection has a simple aim: to make matches. You’re an actor searching for the right monologue - for auditions or acting class - and here are cuttings from dozens of the most exciting American plays of the last two decades. The material might be said to be searching, too. It’s on the lookout for actors who will connect deeply, who have the emotional availability and the craft to deliver these monologues into the world with their c ..."
An Ideal Theater Founding Visions for a New American Art by ToddLondon Paperback, 600 Pages, Published 2013 by Theatre Communications Group ISBN-13: 978-1-55936-409-6, ISBN: 1-55936-409-2
"An Ideal Theater is a wide-ranging, inspiring documentary history of the American theatre movement as told by the visionaries who goaded it into being. This anthology collects over forty essays, manifestos, letters and speeches that are each introduced and placed in historical context by the noted writer and arts commentator, Todd London, who spent nearly a decade assembling this collection. This celebration of the artists who came befo ..."
"This is an astonishing, indispensable retrospective collection of essays, articles, reviews and reflections on artists by distinguished theatre critic and scholar Todd London, artistic director of New Dramatists. The volume spans writings from 1988-2013 and is collected for the first time. A vital, important anthology for practitioners, scholars, students, and theatre-lovers everywhere."
"OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE examines the lives and livelihoods of American playwrights today and the realities of new play production from the perspective of both playwrights and not-for-profit theatres. The study, drawing on six years of comprehensive research, reveals a collaboration in crisis between the people who write plays and those who produce them. It represents the most comprehensive field study in the history of the not-for-profit the ..."
The Artistic Home(1st Edition) Discussions with Artistic Directors of America's Institutional Theatres by ToddLondon, Lloyd Richard, Peter Zeisler Paperback, 112 Pages, Published 1993 by Theatre Communications Group ISBN-13: 978-0-930452-76-6, ISBN: 0-930452-76-3
"Landmark summary of 13 meetings that brought together more than 120 artistic directors from the nation's leading nonprofit professional theatres."
"The autobiography-of-sorts of André Gregory, an iconic figure in American theater and the star of My Dinner with André This is Not My Memoir tells the life story of André Gregory, iconic theatre director, writer, and actor."
An Ideal Theater Founding Visions for a New American Art by ToddLondon 600 Pages, Published 2013 by Theatre Communications Group ISBN-13: 978-1-55936-425-6, ISBN: 1-55936-425-4
"Before its arrival, resident theaters grew from “acorns,” in Joseph Wesley
Zeigler's taxonomy (see Regional Theatre15), or began as “saplings.” The
Guthrie burst into bloom with everything in place—roots, solid trunk, broad
branches. It was, as Zeigler writes, the first American theatrical “'oak tree,' planted
fully grown.” —TL ______ A month or two after our meeting in Ireland we were all
back in New York. We were agreed as to the ..."
"The following list provides contact information regarding performance rights to
the works included in this volume: Jon Robin Baitz c/o George Lane, William
Morris Agency, 1325 Ave. of the Americas, NY NY 10019; Eric Bogosian c/o
George Lane, William Morris Agency, 1325 Ave. of the Americas, NY NY 10019;
Lee Breuer c/o TCG; Constance Congdon c/o William Morris Agency, 1325 Ave.
of the Americas, NY NY 10019; E. L. Doctorow c/o Amanda ..."
New Dramatists The Best Plays by the Graduating Class of 2001 by ToddLondon, New Dramatists Paperback, 309 Pages, Published 2003 by Smith & Kraus Pub Inc ISBN-13: 978-1-57525-298-8, ISBN: 1-57525-298-8
"INES: No. You have to do more. JULIO: You're out of your mind. What do you
think I am, an athlete?! I'm sick! INES: ... INES: What? JULIO: What are we going
to do next? INES: Walk. JULIO: (Moves away.) No walking. I told you I'm not
walking."
"New Dramatists is the renowned 54year-old organization dedicated to supporting playwrights, whose alumni include AugustWilson, John Guare, Suzan-Lori Parks, Donald Margulies, Paula Vogel and many other illustrious names. Now, in this collectionof plays by playwrights whose seven-year residencies ended in 2001, you'll be transported by their dazzling craftsmanship andthe passionate clarity of their vision."A Bicycle Country" by Nilo Cruz ..."
"A peer-reviewed journal of theatre history and scholarship published annually since 1981 by the Mid-American Theatre Conference.Theatre History Studies is devoted to research in all areas of theatre studies, with special interest in archival research, historical documentation, and historiography. Many issues feature a special section curated around a special theme or topic; for 2017 that special section focus on histories of new writing ..."
Gum(1st Edition) by Karen Hartman, ToddLondon Paperback, 120 Pages, Published 2002 by Theatre Communications Group ISBN-13: 978-1-55936-213-9, ISBN: 1-55936-213-8
"In Karen Hartman’s "juicyfruit tragedy," two young sisters discover new appetites within the walls of their father’s garden. Gum explores the need to tame nature in a fictional fundamental country where the title candy is contraband and every desire has its price. "A brief, intense, beguiling, sensual, witty, impassioned, deeply moving and brightly burnished gem"—San Francisco Examiner. Also includes The Mother of Modern Censorship.Kare ..."
"The World’s Room explores one family’s experiences with grief. When Erich, the 17-year-old son of Willy and Lorna Hoffman, commits suicide in 1969, his younger brother asks to serve his memory by taking on his dead brother’s name. Told two decades later by the surviving Erich, the book, written in memoir style, is the true story of that renaming, and of how the love for the missing can replace the love for the living. Covering ground fr ..."
New Dramatists(1st Edition) The Best Plays by the Graduating Class of 2000 by ToddLondon, Inc. New Dramatists Paperback, 285 Pages, Published 2001 by Smith & Kraus Pub Inc ISBN-13: 978-1-57525-269-8, ISBN: 1-57525-269-4
"Plays in this volume: Exchange at Cafe Mimosa, Berlin/Berlin Oona Hock Cajal Wants, Coaticook Lenora Champagne A Beautiful White Room, Landscape of Desire Barry Jay Kaplan Carry the Tiger to the Mountain, Know of Balance Cherylene Lee Acapulco Jacquelyn Reingold A Shoe is Not a Question Kelly Stuart Description: New Dramatists is a major resource for the development of American Playwrights. It serves as an artistic home, ..."
"Landmark summary of 13 meetings that brought together more than 120artistic directors from the nation's leading nonprofit professionaltheatres."
The Long Revolution Sixty Years on the Frontlines of a New American Theater by Fichandler, Zelda, London, Todd Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2024 by Theatre Communications Group ISBN-13: 978-1-55936-975-6, ISBN: 1-55936-975-2